Finger-ring.



No.831,361. PATENTBDSEPT.18, 1906.

J. A. LIEB, JR. 1

FINGER RING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1905.

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JOHN A. LIEB, JR, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

FINGER-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed August 3, 1905. Serial No. 272,554:-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. LIEB, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finger-Rings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of finger-rings having at the head or enlarged ornamental part to lie at the back of the finger a stone serving as a background for an initial letter, crest, or insignia, separable from the body of the ring and interchangeable to enable the jeweler to quickly and without material cost substitute one initial letter or design for another more appropriate to the purchaser or wearer.

The objects of the present improvements are to reduce the cost of construction, provide a structure with a reduced number of parts, increase the durability of the device, and secure other advantages and results, some of which will be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved finger-ring and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fingerring of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, the separable plate being removed. Fig. 3 is a plan of said separable plate. Fig. 4 is a section of the same on line 20, and Fig. 5 is a section taken on line y.

In said drawings, 7 indicates the annular body of the ring, and 8 the box-like enlargement forming a receptacle for the separable covering-plate 9 for concealing the means for fastening the separable interchangeable parts in place. Said plate 9 serves as a support for the enamel or artificial stone and in itself embodies the initial which projects the stone, initial, or insignia being through said enamel. Said enlargement may be of any suitable shape and contains means l0such as shown in my Patent No. 783,445, issued February 28, 1905for fastening said removable plate in its receptacle.-

Heretofore it has been common to construct the body of said removable plate from a stone of more or less value, to the exposed or outer face of which is applied the initial letter 11 or other ornamental design, and to the under side fastening means 15 to cooperate with the fastening means 10 in holding the parts together.

The stones employed being natural, were at considerable cost shaped by the lapidary to a concavo-convex form to suit the finger and were drilled to enable the jeweler to rivet or bolt the initial letter to the exposed face thereof, the stone thus serving as a support and background for the initial letter or in:

signia. The thickness of the stone and the initial or insignia applied thereto, together a with the necessity for space to receive the fastening means to enable said parts to be separably fastened to the body of the ring, were the occasion for a considerable projection of said parts beyond the normal circular line of the ring, and to reduce this projection and at the same time obtain the other advantages above detailed is a particular object of this invention.

In my improvement the stone 13 is artificial or is an enamel resembling the natural stone ordinarily employed and is caused to adhere to the covering-plate 9, plate and the initial letter of one integral piece, as shown on an enlarged scale in Figs. 4 and 5, in which figures said plate 9 is shown to be of sheet metal having a depending flange 14 extending around its four sides and adapted to fit closely within the box-like enlargement 8 of the annular body 7. Thus fitting the said plate is held firmly and securely in place by the fastening means 10 15 within the chamber within the convex box-like enlargement 8, the covering-plate 9 being of sheet metal in the form of a curved and flanged or hollow covering-tablet adapted to conform more or less closely to the convex curvature of the finger and the convex enlargement 8, a chamber being formed between the said covering and enlargementof large capacity to receive fastening means of greater size and strength to resist withdrawal; and yet while I secure very ample space for the said fastening means the projecting stone-like concavo-convex head of the ring may be made considerably lower than when an initialed injury to theglove due to the high project ing initialed stone commonly in use.

At the center of the sheet-'metal'covering plate the same is raised by dies or formers to" give the form to the initial (51 other 'o'rna mental design 1 1, and this latter may be given final shape by the dies used in giving *shape to the flangeda'nd ribbed =body'ofs'aid separable p'latfe. By this construction there is no 'danger of'the initial letter-or design becoming detached from the plate and all fastening 'ine'ans, such as solderor rivets for at- 'tachingthe initial to the covering-plate, "are dispensed"with. At the edges 'of the said "separable flanged coverin-gplate is formed a guarding-rib 12, which forms a shallow receptacle on the exposed-face of'sa'id plate, and in this receptacle and around the protubera'nces oi' the design 1 1 is a filling '13 of enamel, having an ap earance in resemblance to the "stone ordinarily employed, and thus the appearance "of the ring is closely like those heretofore common, but separationo'f the initial from the body-plate and consequent loss are prevented.

It is evident that the shape of the sepa- *rable plate andthe initial or. "design may be varied at will.

Having thus described the invention, what chamber for securing the plate to the ating-.- 5

2. Anngearingcoinprisin a bodyportion, a box-like structureat' a point at its periplp cry, a "sheet-metal plate *bent to form asu'rrounding rim andthen b'e'nt back upon itse'lf to form a marginal depending flange, this metal plate fittinginto the box like-s'truc'ture in 'the body portion of the to form an =imper'forate chamber, and faste'ning frnea'ns within the chamber forsecurin-g'the plate to In testimony that Icl'aim the fo'r'eg'oi'n'g I have hereunto set my hand this-'27th' 'day of July, 1905. I a 1 7 JOHN A. LI EB, JR.

Witnesses:

GHAR'LEs H. PELL, M. V. DOYEE. 

